Mayor’s Office
The Mayor of Methuen
Methuen is a strong-mayor city, and that shapes everything below. The Mayor is the elected chief executive who runs the city day to day, appoints the department heads, writes and manages the budget, and carries out the ordinances the City Council passes. The Mayor also chairs the School Committee and stands as Methuen’s face to the state and federal government.
The Mayor
David P. "D.J." Beauregard, Jr.
D.J. Beauregard is the seventh Mayor of Methuen’s modern era, and he reached the office the hard way. A lifelong Methuen resident and a product of the city’s public schools, he holds an MBA and worked in finance before winning a seat on the City Council. When Mayor Neil Perry died in office in September 2024, Beauregard, then a city councilor, stepped in as acting mayor, and in a special election that December the voters chose him to finish Perry’s term. He won a full term of his own in November 2025 and was inaugurated on January 2, 2026. As Mayor he oversees every city department, builds the annual budget, and sets the administration’s priorities: public safety, the schools, and steady finances.
| Role | Mayor (chief executive) |
|---|---|
| In office | Since 2024; first full term began January 2026 |
| Office | Searles Building, 41 Pleasant Street, Room 303, Methuen, MA 01844 |
| Phone | 978-983-8500 |
| mayor@methuen.gov | |
| Website | methuen.gov |
What the Mayor Does
- Runs the city. Appoints and directs the department heads, manages daily operations, and signs the contracts.
- Builds the budget. Writes the annual operating and capital budgets, then hands them to the City Council to adopt.
- Chairs the schools. Leads the School Committee and helps set district policy and the school budget.
- Represents Methuen. Works the phones with the city’s legislators and the Healey-Driscoll administration to pull state dollars back home.
Mayor & Council: Checks and Balances
- The Mayor proposes the budget, runs the departments, and makes the appointments.
- The City Council holds the power of the purse. Nothing becomes the budget, an ordinance, or a confirmed nominee without its vote.
- Together they trade executive muscle for legislative oversight, which is the whole point of strong-mayor government.
Contact & Engage
- City Hall: the Searles Building, 41 Pleasant Street, Methuen, MA 01844, main line 978-983-8500.
- Service requests: a pothole, a missed trash pickup, a dead streetlight, all of it goes through the city website at methuen.gov.
- Watch: City Council and School Committee meetings are carried by MCTV at methuentv.org.
Sources
Methuen government website (methuen.gov). Verified July 2026.
Notice from the Mayor (methuen.gov), for the Mayor’s email address. Verified September 2026.
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